Commentary for Chullin 142:1
אדם שמציל על טומאה שבתוכו מלטמא אינו דין שמציל על טהרה שבתוכו מליטמא
how much more so in the case of a man, who prevents the unclean matter that is in him from rendering him unclean, that he should protect the clean matter that is in him from becoming unclean! But perhaps that is so only in the case of an earthenware vessel, since it cannot render unclean by its outside;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since with regard to earthenware vessels the laws of uncleanness have in certain respects been relaxed, it is also reasonable to hold that any clean matter that is 'swallowed up' or enclosed within an earthenware vessel is protected from uncleanness.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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